Patterns

In life there are patterns seen at every turn: the changing of the day to night, the shifting of the seasons, the orbit of the moons and planets….all these are patterns that will be seen throughout time. These things have been set in motion by our Creator and they will remain until time is no more. “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22) However, there is another pattern which will be observed as long as the world stands…and it’s of human choice and origin.

Like clockwork, man has (from the days of Adam and Eve) been caught in a web of sin. It’s been a pattern seen in every age of man since the first generation stepped out of the Garden of Eden. We have always, and will always, be caught up in this labyrinth. Like the children of Israel before us, there will be times of great virtue in our lives, where righteous zeal will burn brighter than the stars of the heavens…but there will also be times of great spiritual shame, where morality and godly principles are, seemingly, out of reach.

Times of refreshing come, but soon after that spiritual stimulation…we let the darkness creep in again. Just as the day turns to night, just as the seasons shift, so does our focus. Sometimes we see, clearly, the things we need to be doing for our Creator. Other times, our eyes are dimmed to the opportunities we have to glorify God because of terrestrial tunnel-vision or indecent desires that don’t match-up with the will of God.

So, where do you find yourself in this pattern? Are you standing in the Sonlight of Christ, or have you let the darkness in again? Are you in sin, or in your Savior?